Thililua longicollis Bardet et al. 2003 (plesiosaur)

Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Polycotylidae

Full reference: N. Bardet, X. Pereda Suberbiola, and N.-E. Jalil. 2003. A new polycotylid plesiosaur from the Late Cretaceous (Turonian) of Morocco. Comptes Rendus Palevol 2:307-315

Belongs to Thililua according to N. Bardet et al. 2003

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MNHGr.PA.11710, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is North of Goulmima (Unit 4), which is in a Turonian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Akrabou Formation of Morocco.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at North of Goulmima (Unit 4)

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